#50865 [NEW]: I'm Not able to create a file using fopen

From: kv_abhiram at yahoo dot com Operating system: Leopard 10.6 PHP version: 5.2.12 PHP Bug Type: Apache2 related Bug description: I'm Not able to create a file using fopen Description: ------------ This is my code where i create a new php file using php. I'm not able to use fopen to create the file. If i use chmod to change the permissions. It is not allowing me to do that. Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted This is the error i get if i use chmod Reproduce code: --------------- //chmod("/Library/WebServer/.../", 777); $create_file = fopen($file, "w"); $content = "1"; $fname = "/Library/WebServer/.../".$seasonx; if (is_writable($fname)) { if (!$hand = fopen($name, 'w+')) { echo "Cannot open ($fname)"; exit; } if (fwrite($hand, $content) === FALSE) { echo "Cannot write to ($fname)"; exit; } echo " success"; fclose($hand); } else { echo "The file $fname is not writable"; } Expected result: ---------------- success. [It should also create a file called 5.php where 5 is the value of the variable $seasonx at that instance Actual result: -------------- The file /Library/WebServer/...5 is not writable -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50865&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50865&r=mysqlcfg